Health
Hand Sanitizer Can Cause Infertility And Nerve Damage
The past two years have brought, among other things, one universal truth to light: we’re all washing our hands wrong.
By Gwen Farrell3 min read
Basic hygiene and cleanliness became one of the crucial pillars of public health campaigns amid other safety protocols in the early days of Covid-19, leading us to discover how foreign these fundamental concepts were to many. In addition to surface disinfectant and soap, we stocked up on hand sanitizer, believing its claims of eradicating 99% of bacteria on our hands would protect us from an airborne illness. But using hand sanitizer or any other disinfecting or skin-related product isn’t always healthy. Here’s why.